Kinetoscope.



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KLNETOSCOPE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. zo, 1910.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

UNITE sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

OLIVER I. M. DAVIS, OF BEDFORD, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THOMAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION F NEW JERSEY.

KIN ETOSCOPE.

1,036,462, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented' Aug, 20, 1912.

Y- Application filed January 20, 1910. Serial No. 589,019.

To all 'whomz't may concern as to new kinetoscopes, and if desired, this Be it known that I, OLIVER P.y M. DAVIS, removable portion with the guides attached, a citizen of the United States, and a resisold complete as an article of manufacture. dent of Bedford, county of Lawrence, andi A further objectl of my invention is to 69 State of Indiana, have invented certain new provide an additional guiding device, shown and, useful 4Improvements in Kinetoscopes, 'm the present embodiment of my invention of which the following isa description. as a spring mounted roller, `to guide the film vThis invention relates to kinetoscopes and directly to the aforementioned guides. comprises a device designed to prevent the v One arrangementi of my improvements 65 wear 4and unevenf pressure upon the film, which has been used successfully on kineto- -Which is incident to the operation of ki-r scopes in actual operation is illustrated in netoscopes -now in use. Y the accompanying drawings, wherein- Although shown as lapplied to a kineto- Figure l is an elevation of a detail of the scope ofthe Edison type, my invention is rear of a kinetoscope with the film gate. ,70 equally applicable tol all types of kmetoopen; and Fig. 2 is a Vertical sectionv taken scopes, and is .shown in lits present relatlon through the, opening of the aperture plate for purposes of illustration merely, and is with the film gate closed. not intended to be limited thereto. Similar reference numerals refer to simi- As is Well known to those familiar wit-hl lar parts throughout the drawings. 75 the art, the main frame of the kinetoscope In the drawings 1 represents that portion fixedly sup orts the objective glass and t e of the mainframe which supports the aper aperture plhte so that the opening in the ture plate 2 with the opening'of the latter latter is in line with the objective glass. inline with the objective glass (not shown) A The framing device, comprising an auxilwhich', likewise, is mounted on the main 80' liary frame and a film gate, supports the film. frame. Y As is usual in kinetoseopes of this and is' adapted to'be raised and lowered in type, the removable film guard 3 is held in 4order to center the picture on the lm dil the auxiliary frame el by a pin 5 which eX- rectly behind the opening-in the aperture `tends through an opening 6 in the film plate, and thereby in linewith the'objective guard .and through alined openings (not 85 glass. y shown) in the framing device. The film Previous to' my invention, the kfilm was guard is directly in-frontof and in contact pressed directly against the aperture platef with the aperture plate 2, which latter forms by the usual lilm tension springs mounted; a guide for the film guard during the framon the film gate, so that upon raising or` ing of the picture. A lowering the framing device to frame the In kinetoscopes heretofore in'use, the lm picture, .the film was dragged against the was at the rear of and in contact with both said aperture plate. This scratched and theaperture plate 2 and the film'guard 3, `wore-the 'film andloften deranged it, therebeing held against the sam'e by the usual by forming kinks in the film and preventfihn tension springs 7 on the ilm gate 8 95 40 lng the proper working of the machine. when the latter was closed and the machine The object of my invention vis to prevent ready for operation. When the framing 'y this objectionable wear andvderangement byl device 'was raised or lowered to frame the attaching guides to' a suitable portion of; picture, the film necessarily was rubbed and the framing device lbetweenthe aperturev dragged over the surface of the aperture 100 45, plate and the film, in suchamanner that the. plate 2, the upper or lower edges (as the `.film"`is` pressed b the .film tension. springs case might be) frequently. scratching the against said: gui es instead of against the film and deranging it. 'The pressureof the Vstationary aperture plate as heretofore.` `film tension ,springs 7 on the film also varied l l The guides move with thev framing device, according to the different positions of the 105 andthe film being held firmly betweenthe .framing device. When the latter was in an film ltension, springs and said guides, isE intermediate position, the center of the raised or lowered without rubbing or weanj springs pressed the film` against the aperture A further object of my invention is toi plate, but when the framing device was in mount said guides on a removable portionl an upper or lower position (as the case 110 of the framing device, so uthat my improvevmight be) only theupper or'lower part of ments can be readily applied to old'as well the springs pressed the film against thea'perture plate. As it is-not possible to make said springs so that they shall press equally throughout their length, it will be evident that the film was held with an uneven pressure according to the position of the framing device, which prevented that uniform movement of the film which is so necessary to the successful reproduction of the picture.

It was found that the above difficulties could be overcome if guides were mounted on a suitable part of the framing device between the aperture plate and the film, and in the present embodiment of my invention herein disclosed, the guides 9 are mounted upon the film guard 3 and spaced apart therefrom, so that the aperture plate 2 extends between said guides and .said film guard. When the film gate 8 is closed and the machine ready for operation, the film will be held firmly and evenly between the film F, tension spring 7 and the guides 9, and as the latter are secured to and form a part of the framing device, the film is.

raised and lowered to frame the picture without contact with the aperture plate or any other fixed portion of the kinetoscope. The full length. of the film tension springs 7 is always in contact with the guides 9 when the door is closed, irrespective of the position of the framing device, and the film is held, therefore, with a uniformly even tension. Said guides 9 may be attached to the .film guard 3 in any convenient manner, the present embodiment showing them secured at the top and the bottom of said film guard.

To guide the film properly, the usual flanged wheel 10 is mounted on the film gate and the usual recesses 11 are provided in the film guard 3 for said flanges. To insure the smooth running of the lm onto the guides, an additional guide wheel. 12 having bearing portions 13 in line with the guides 9 is mounted by means of spring arms 14 upon the film guard and so arranged that when the film is being drawn through the machine said wheel 12 will be pressed forward against the action of its spring arms 14 so that the point of contact of the bearing portions 13 of said wheel shall lie approximately in a plane with the guides 9. The removable film guard 3 provided with the guides 9 and with the spring mounted roller 12 can be assembled as a complete article of manufacture and sold ready to be substituted for the film guards at present used in kinetoscopes of this type. It is also comparatively easy and inexpensive to remove. an old film guard from a kinetoscope and supply it with my improvements.

Many modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art, my invention not being limited to any particular combination, but consisting broadly of means mounted to move with the framing device and adapted to contact with the film to relieve it from rubbing and uneven pressure due to incidents of framing.

Having thus disclosed one embodiment of my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Let-ters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a film guard provided with guides spaced apart therefrom and adapted to receive an aperture plate between said guard and said guides, and a roller mounted on said guard and adapted to guide the film onto the said guides, substantially as described.

2. In a kinetoscope, the combination with the main frame carrying a stationary aperture plate and the auxiliary frame movable relative to the main frame for framing the picture, of a film guard attached to the auxiliary frame and guided by the aperture plate, substantially as set forth.

3. An attachment for a kinetoscope having an aperture plate, comprising a film guard provided with guides spaced apart therefrom and adapted to be guided by the aperture plate by receiving the latter between said guard and said guides, substantially as set forth.

4. In a kinetoscope, the combination with the main frame carrying a stationary aperture plate and the auxiliary frame movable with respect to the main frame for framing the picture, of a film guard pivotally con- -nected at one end to the auxiliary frame and provided with means whereby it is guided by the aperture plate upon movement of the auxiliary frame, substantially as set forth.

5. An attachment for a lrinetoscope having an aperture plate, comprising means whereby it is adapted to be pivotally mounted at one end on the kinetoscope, guides,

and means spaced from said guides, whereby the aperture plate is adapted to be received between said4 guides and last mentioned means and the attachment to be guided by said aperture plate, substantially as set forth.

6. An attachment for a kinetoscope having an. aperture plate, comprising means whereby it is adapted to be pivotally mounted upon the lrinetoscope, .guides and means spaced therefrom adapted to receive the aperture plate therebetween, and a roller adapted to guide the film onto the said guides, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 17 day of Jan. 1910.

OLIVER P. M. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. DAVIS, LUGIEN E. PAYNE.

It is hereby certied that in Letters Patent N o. 1,036,462, granteci August 20, 1912,

upon the application of Oliver P. M. Davis, of Bedford, Indiana, for au improvement in Kinetosoope's errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2,`\1ine 19, after the Word lm, insert the reference-letter F,- same page, line c21, afterthe Word i1m,st1'ike out the reference-letter and comma F,; same page and line, for the word spring read wrongs; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of' October, A. D., 1912.

{SEAL} o. o. BILLINGS,

Actzg Gommzss'ioner of Patents. 

